Steve Tuen
Steve Tuen
bring deals headlines help natural price problems rising
California's problems bring these deals even more to the forefront. There are headlines of the rising price of heating your house. This will help ATP in the sense that they are leveraged on natural gas.
deals expected market next relatively week
The IPO market is still relatively weak. Next week there are no deals expected to price.
bankers bit couple deal enthusiasm hardly investment market optimistic putting terms weeks
Investment bankers were being a bit too optimistic in terms of deal flow. The market has stabilized but I don't think there is a lot of enthusiasm yet. We are not yet in a strong, up market. Putting in 30 deals, when a couple of weeks ago there was hardly any, may have been too much to bear.
coming companies deals exciting hot mostly seen type
The type of companies are not as exciting as we've seen in the past, mostly because the deals coming out are not in hot markets.
decent highly sector
The sector is doing well. But they're highly leveraged. There will be a decent premium, around 10-to-15 percent, but not a blockbuster.
best companies energy investor investors issues looking performers reflects shift terms
Energy companies have been the best performers in terms of new issues this year. This reflects a shift in investor sentiment, in what investors are looking for.
actual couple gives good investors last leeway looking reduce technology terms though
With the technology swoon of the last couple of days, this is actually a pretty good showing. Even though they had to reduce the actual pricing, I think this gives investors some leeway in terms of looking for a profit.
awakening expect fall last recovering slowly
We are slowly awakening but are still a long way from recovering from last year's fall off. The Nasdaq has been up and that's a plus. But don't expect too much out of these offerings.
good less pure start subdued type
It's a good start in the sense that they're more subdued type of offerings, so less pure speculation is involved.
bit carriers escape fallen tech wireless
A lot of wireless carriers have been doing well but they have fallen a bit from their highs. Wireless couldn't escape the tech wreck.
affected both directly gas industry line oil
They're both in same industry but in different line of work. ATP is affected more directly by oil and gas prices.
investors plus ray sunshine
Any ray of sunshine that investors can find is a big plus for the IPO market.
execution
Handspring is popular, but there are execution risks.
mindset optimism party people shifted sober starting wild
The mindset has shifted from one of wild optimism to that of conservatism. The party is over and people are starting to sober up.